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Naiktha Bains

Naiktha Bains (born 17 December 1997) is an Australian-British tennis player.[1][2]

Naiktha Bains
Bains at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Great Britain (2019–present)
 Australia (2014–2019)
Born (1997-12-17) 17 December 1997 (age 26)
Leeds, England
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$ 463,897
Singles
Career record218–233 (48.3%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 199 (6 January 2020)
Current rankingNo. 565 (6 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2019)
WimbledonQ2 (2021, 2023)
US OpenQ1 (2019)
Doubles
Career record209–136 (60.6%)
Career titles22 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 87 (9 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 99 (6 May 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
WimbledonQF (2023)
Last updated on: 11 May 2024.

Bains has won two singles and 22 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In January 2020, she reached her best WTA ranking of 199 in singles. On 9 October 2023, she peaked at No. 87 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Personal life edit

Bains emigrated with her Indian-born father Gurnake[3] from Britain to Brisbane aged eight[4] and holds dual British-Australian citizenship.[1]

Career edit

2014 edit

Bains commenced the year with a ranking of 1041. She was awarded a wildcard into qualifying at the Hobart International, where she made it through the first two rounds, defeating Maria Elena Camerin[5] and Teliana Pereira,[6] before losing to eventual tournament champion, Garbiñe Muguruza, in the final qualifying round.

At the qualifying for the Australian Open, Bains lost to Andrea Hlaváčková in straight sets, but together with Olivia Tjandramulia, she was awarded a wildcard into the doubles main draw where they faced 14th-seeded team of Julia Görges and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, also losing in straight sets.

In March, Bains was awarded a wildcard into the qualifying of the Miami Open, for just her third appearance at WTA Tour-level.[7] She lost in round one to Virginie Razzano. Her next match was in September in Vegas, before playing four more ITF tournaments across Australia to end the year. She ended the year with a ranking of 713.

2015 edit

Her season began with a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International, Hobart International and Australian Open. She lost in round one in all three events. The rest of the year, Bains competed on the ITF Circuit, with limited success. She ended the year with a ranking of 630.

2016 edit

Bains commenced the season with a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International, Hobart International and Australian Open. She lost in the first round in all three events. Through February and March, she competed on the ITF Circuit across Australia, before heading to Croatia and Spain where she made three consecutive quarterfinals. From June to October, she competed on the ITF Circuit across Europe, Asia and Australia. Her best result was reaching the quarterfinal of the Bendigo International. Bains finished 2016 season ranked world No. 452.

2017 edit

Thanks to a wildcard, she entered the qualifying of the Brisbane International where she lost in first round to Anastasia Rodionova.

2023: Wimbledon quarterfinalist in doubles & top 100 debut edit

At Wimbledon, Naiktha Bains partnering with Maia Lumsden, the wildcard pair became the first British pair to reach the quarterfinals in 40 years.[8]

Grand Slam performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles edit

Doubles edit

WTA Tour finals edit

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2024 Open de Rouen, France WTA 250 Clay (i)   Maia Lumsden   Tímea Babos
  Irina Khromacheva 		3–6, 4–6

WTA Challenger finals edit

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) edit

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2023 Kozerki Open, Poland Hard   Maia Lumsden   Katarzyna Kawa
  Elixane Lechemia 		3–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (1–4)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–4)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   Natalija Kostić 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–0 Mar 2019 ITF Mildura, Australia 25,000 Grass   Kaylah McPhee 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–2
Loss 2–1 Dec 2019 ITF Solapur, India 25,000 Hard   Ankita Raina 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–2 Dec 2019 Pune Tennis Championships, India 25,000 Hard   Emma Raducanu 6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 2–3 Oct 2022 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard   Lizette Cabrera 7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–4 Nov 2022 ITF Traralgon, Australia 25,000 Hard   Priska Madelyn Nugroho 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 40 (22 titles, 18 runner-ups) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$50/60,000 tournaments (1–5)
$40,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (16–11)
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (14–14)
Clay (8–3)
Grass (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2014 Bendigo International, Australia 50,000 Hard   Karolina Wlodarczak   Jessica Moore
  Abbie Myers 		4–6, 0–6
Loss 0–2 May 2016 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay   Alexandra Morozova   Dasha Ivanova
  Petra Krejsová 		1–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 May 2016 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay   Dasha Ivanova   Marine Partaud
  Laëtitia Sarrazin 		6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 2–2 May 2016 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay   Alexandra Morozova   Dasha Ivanova
  Petra Krejsová 		6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss 2–3 Sep 2016 ITF Tweed Heads, Australia 25,000 Hard   Abbie Myers   Monique Adamczak
  Olivia Rogowska 		6–7(6), 6–7(3)
Win 3–3 Sep 2016 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard   Abigail Tere-Apisah   Julia Glushko
  Liu Fangzhou 		6–7(4), 6–2, [10–3]
Win 4–3 May 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   Chiara Grimm   Natalija Kostić
  Jelena Simić 		4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 5–3 May 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay   Tereza Mihalíková   Francesca Bullani
  Veronica Napolitano 		4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss 5–4 Jul 2017 ITF Middelburg, Netherlands 25,000 Clay   Dasha Ivanova   Valentini Grammatikopoulou
  Bibiane Schoofs 		7–6(8), 5–7, [5–10]
Loss 5–5 Jul 2017 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand 25,000 Hard   Karin Kennel   Luksika Kumkhum
  Ksenia Palkina 		3–6, 6–2, [12–14]
Loss 5–6 Aug 2017 ITF Tsukuba, Japan 25,000 Hard   Hsu Chieh-yu   Miharu Imanishi
  Akiko Omae 		4–6, 4–6
Win 6–6 Sep 2017 ITF Penrith, Australia 25,000 Hard   Abigail Tere-Apisah   Tammi Patterson
  Olivia Rogowska 		6–0, 7–5
Win 7–6 Sep 2017 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard   Abigail Tere-Apisah   Jennifer Elie
  Erika Sema 		6–4, 6–1
Loss 7–7 Oct 2017 ITF Toowoomba, Australia 25,000 Hard   Abigail Tere-Apisah   Momoko Kobori
  Ayano Shimizu 		5–7, 5–7
Win 8–7 Oct 2017 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard   Abigail Tere-Apisah   Astra Sharma
  Belinda Woolcock 		4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win 9–7 Apr 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay   Chiara Scholl   Marie Benoît
  Xu Shilin 		6–4, 7–5
Win 10–7 Apr 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay   Rosalie van der Hoek   Victoria Kan
  Maria Zotova 		6–2, 6–2
Win 11–7 May 2018 Open Saint-Gaudens, France 60,000 Clay   Francesca Di Lorenzo   Manon Arcangioli
  Sherazad Reix 		6–4, 1–6, [11–9]
Loss 11–8 Jun 2018 Grado Tennis Cup, Italy 25,000 Clay   Rika Fujiwara   Giorgia Marchetti
  Alice Matteucci 		0–6, 4–6
Loss 11–9 Aug 2018 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard   Barbora Štefková   Rutuja Bhosale
  Pranjala Yadlapalli 		6–2, 0–6, [6–10]
Loss 11–10 Aug 2018 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard   Destanee Aiava   Wang Xinyu
  Wang Xiyu 		5–7, 7–5, [4–10]
Loss 11–11 Aug 2018 ITF Tsukuba, Japan 25,000 Hard   Hiroko Kuwata   Akiko Omae
  You Xiaodi 		0–6, 6–7(4)
Win 12–11 Sep 2018 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard   Xu Shilin   Erin Routliffe
  Astra Sharma 		6–1, 7–6(7)
Loss 12–12 Nov 2018 Canberra International, Australia 60,000 Hard   Destanee Aiava   Ellen Perez
  Arina Rodionova 		7–6(5), 3–6, [7–10]
Win 13–12 Mar 2019 Clay Court International, Australia 25,000 Clay   Tereza Mihalíková   Destanee Aiava
  Ellen Perez 		4–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Win 14–12 Oct 2019 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard   Destanee Aiava   Alison Bai
  Paige Hourigan 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 14–13 Oct 2019 Bendigo International, Australia 60,000 Hard   Tereza Mihalíková   Maddison Inglis
  Kaylah McPhee 		6–3, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss 14–14 Nov 2019 Playford International, Australia 60,000 Hard   Tereza Mihalíková   Asia Muhammad
  Storm Sanders 		3–6, 4–6
Win 15–14 May 2022 ITF Nottingham, UK 25,000 Hard   Maia Lumsden   Kimberly Birrell
  Alexandra Osborne 		3–6, 7–6(6), [11–9]
Loss 15–15 Jun 2022 Ilkley Trophy, UK 100,000 Grass   Maia Lumsden   Lizette Cabrera
  Jang Su-jeong 		7–6(7), 0–6, [9–11]
Win 16–15 Jul 2022 ITF Roehampton, UK 25,000 Hard   Maia Lumsden   Lauryn John-Baptiste
  Katarína Strešnáková 		6–1, 7–6(4)
Loss 16–16 Aug 2022 GB Pro-Series Foxhills, UK 25,000 Hard (i)   Maia Lumsden   Freya Christie
  Ali Collins 		3–6, 3–6
Loss 16–17 Aug 2022 ITF Roehampton, UK 25,000 Hard   Maia Lumsden   Rutuja Bhosale
  Erika Sema 		6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Win 17–17 Oct 2022 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard   Alexandra Bozovic   Destanee Aiava
  Lisa Mays 		6–4, 6–4
Win 18–17 Nov 2022 ITF Traralgon, Australia 25,000 Hard   Alana Parnaby   Haruna Arakawa
  Natsuho Arakawa 		7–6(4), 6–2
Win 19–17 Feb 2023 Burnie International, Australia 25,000 Hard   Destanee Aiava   Lily Fairclough
  Olivia Gadecki 		7–5, 6–3
Win 20–17 Apr 2023 ITF Nottingham, UK 25,000 Hard   Maia Lumsden   Ankita Raina
  Rutuja Bhosale 		6–1, 6–4
Win 21–17 Apr 2023 ITF Calvi, France 40,000 Hard   Maia Lumsden   Ankita Raina
  Estelle Cascino 		6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 22–17 May 2023 ITF Nottingham, UK 25,000 Hard   Maia Lumsden   Lu Jiajing
  Elena Malõgina 		4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 22–18 Jan 2024 ITF Pune Open, India 50,000 Hard   Fanny Stollár   Alexandra Eala
  Darja Semeņistaja 		6–7(8), 3–6

References edit

  1. ^ a b Ornstein, David (17 May 2011). "The one who got away". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Naiktha Bains formally requests to change playing nationality from Australian to GB". 7 April 2019.
  3. ^ Hanlon, Peter (25 January 2012). "Britain loses bright spark to Australia". The Age. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  4. ^ Briggs, Simon (17 May 2011). "Lawn Tennis Association's fingers burned by defection of young talent Naiktha Bains to Australia". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  5. ^ Rogers, Leigh (3 January 2014). "Australian teen Naiktha Bains a winner on day one of qualifying". Hobart International. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  6. ^ Smith, Adam (5 January 2014). "Giant killer Naiktha Bains eyes the tennis big time at Hobart International". The Sunday Tasmanian. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Bains awarded Miami qualifying wildcard". Tennis Australia. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Wimbledon 2023: Maia Lumsden & Naiktha Bains break new ground as they head for quarter-finals". 7 October 2023.

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